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Dirty Velvet - Clothing For Gentlemen Rebels
Wednesday 21st November 2012 | Jake
In a world full of uninspired and mass produced t-shirts, one company have taken the reigns with their strong graphics and thought provoking imagery.
Something as simple as a t-shirt can project your personality more than any other fashion item or accessory. Dirty Velvet, founded in 2006, are at the forefront of cutting edge design and imagery. Drawing influence from and satirizing many subjects including politics, war, gender, money, power, advertising and religion to name only a few, there is most definitely something for everyone.
Dirty Velvets own manifesto states:
‘Dirty Velvet is a design collective focused on producing high quality clothing with designs that offer a creatively different perspective to the mainstream. Our aim is to create T-shirts with original graphics, combining strong and thought provoking imagery reflecting our slightly twisted view of the world.’
Their ‘slightly twisted perspective of the world’ T-shirts have been worn by a number of famous folk including comedians Russell Howard, Tim Minchin and James Corden. With bands including InMe, The Ting Tings and Razorlight also rocking Dirty Velvet swag, it would appear this company can do no wrong.
Unlike most companies who are ethically questionable, Dirty Velvet have been very careful in producing items that have a minimal impact on the environment. All of their T-shirts are produced in Turkey using 100% organic cotton that’s grown without the use of pesticides, herbicides or chemical fertilizers and use methods that are ecologically and socially sustainable.
Now being sold in independent clothing retailers across the UK and Europe, including London based store Joy, Dirty Velvet are expanding their reach worldwide into the US and Australia. With plans on the table to expand into Heavyweight clothing and talk of a girls range, it would seem that Dirty Velvet are going from strength to strength.
But please don’t take my word for it. All of this information can be found right on their website as well as a plethora of designs that you will have to see for yourself. These guys are truly cutting edge and do not mess around when it comes to quality in design or realizing their designs in the manufacturing.
www.dirtyvelvet.co.uk
By Jake Bexx
